Jacks hit the road to ISU and NDSU

The South Dakota State men’s
and women’s track and field teams are heading back to Ames, Iowa and Fargo,
N.D. this weekend. The Jackrabbitsare scheduled to compete in the Bison Open and the ISU
Classic.The Bison Open will take place
on Saturday, while the ISU Classic will be on Friday and Saturday.

About the Bison Open:

This will be the second
weekend in a row that the Jacks will be traveling to NDSU. Last weekend, the
Jackrabbits had numerous players record personal bests including, Marissia
Hagedorn who finished fourth in the 60-meter hurdles with time of 9.36 seconds.

The men's weight throw will start the field events at 11 a.m., whilethe women’s
5000-meter run will start the running events at noon.

About the ISU Classic:

Just a few weeks ago the
Jackrabbits competed at the Bill Bergan Invite hosted by Iowa State. The last
time SDSU competed at Iowa State, Tera Potts finished sixth in the mile
with a time of 4:58.73.

On the men’s side, Drew
Kraft posted a personal best in the 3000-meters with his time of 8:40.34, LeAndre
Kennedy completed the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.98 seconds and Luke
Leischner posted a time of 22.13 seconds in the 200-meter dash.

The field events will start
at 10 a.m. with the men’s long jump. At noon the men's 3000-meter run will begin the running events.

Around The Summit League:

Kennedy is tied for fourth
in the 60-meter dash (6.98 seconds).

Leischner is second in the
200 and 400-meter dashes (22.13 and 48.61 seconds).